Wagon-box.



A. OLIPPINGER.

WAGON Box, APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 191 2,

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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WAGON-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913,

Application filed April 29, 1912. Serial 0. 83,926.

ToaZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that 1, Aims B. Cur-FINGER, amitisen of the United States, residing at nsas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new-and ,useful Improvements inflWagon- Boxes; and I do declare the following to be invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this SPQClfiCfltlOn.

My invention relates to wagon boxes, and

more particularly to a box for use on farm wagons, although my improvements are not side boards limited exclusively to boxes of that character, theprincipal object of the invention being to provide a sheet metal bottom for wagon boxes. which may be either applied the box when the latter is made or may be applied after the box has been in use and the old bottom thereof becomes worn. In accomplishing this object I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a wagon equipped with a bottom constructed according to my invention. Fig. II is a similar view of the bottom without the body of the box.

Referring more in detail to the parts 1 designates a bed frame, having front and back sills 2.3, and center cross-sills 4, the latter being extended beyond the sides of the bed and provided with apertm'es 5 for receiving the side board standards 6.

7 designates side boards, 8 a. front gate and 9 an end gate of the usual construction, the end gates being slidably mounted between battens 10 on the inner faces of the to provide for vertical adjustment or removal from the box. The bat-- tens 10 are preferably provided with standards 11. having shanks 12 adapted for prosockets in the bottom of the box and in the bed frame in orderto hold the side boards rigid when the box is assembled.

Seated on the bed frame 1 is a bottom 12, preferably composed of a single piece of sheet metal, having upturned side flanges 13, an upturned flange and a downturned flange 15 at the rear end, the width and length of the bottom jection into 14 at its front end "piece eorrespoiiding with the width and length of the, bed frame, so that the side flanges 13 and front end flange 14 will lie snugly oner'the lower edges of the side boards and front gate respectively, and so that the downturned rear end flange 15 may lie snugly over the rear end of the bed frame or cross-sill 3. The front end flange 14 of the metal bottom is not full width but is cut-ofl' to provide spaces 16 at the ends for receiving the ends of the side boards 7 ofthe wagon box, the rear end flange being of the full width nailed to the end of the bed frame, asshown in Fig. I.

In the rear end of the bottom piece 12, near the side edges thereof, are apertures 17, through which the shanks 12 of the standards 11 on the side board battens are projected into 'the sockets in the bed frame.

The sheet metal bottom may be stamped from a single piece of sheet metal of the proper dimensions to fit an ordinary wagon box, or a box of any particular size.

When the bottom is to be appliedfo'a new wagon, it is put on at .the factory by nailing or bolting same to the bed frame. When, however, the bottom is to be applied to an old wagon, it may be shipped from the factory and applied to thewagon,by the user, as it is only necessary bottom over the bed frame and secure same thereto by nails or bolts.

When a Wagon equipped with a bottom of this description is'in use, the side boards and end gates are mounted in the ordinary manner, their lower side and front edges fitting snugly againstand being confined by the side and front flanges of the bottom, while being freely removable therefrom.

I t is apparent that wit a wagon equipped with a sheet metal bottom of this descrip tion, the box will be grain tight and will be much, more durable than the ordinary wooden bottom. It is also apparent that by having the rear flange turned, downwardly over the rear end sill, theshoveling of loose grain or any material contained within't-he box is facilitated. \Vhile I show and describe the as a single piece of sheet metal having its side and 'front edge thingies lying outside of the side boards and for to construct the bottomino this way,- I

as the bottom maybe made from several box bottom' front end gate, and pre- 0 do not wish to be limited tofsiich' structure, 5

connected pieces of metal and the edges may lie over the inner faces of the side boards and front end gate without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. The combination with a bed frame,'of a sheet metal bottom removably supported on the frame and having u turned side flanges and an" upturned front ange spaced from the side flanges toprovide openings,

side boards supported onthe sheet metal bottom with their forward ends projected through the openings between the side and.

front-flanges, battens on the inner faces of the side boards, and a front gate seated on said bottom between the side beards with its ends between the battens and its lower portion bearing against the front flange on the wagon botto1n.. v

supported on the bottom within the side" flanges, battens on the inner. faces of the,

sideboards, a front gate supported on'the bottom with its ends located between the battens and its lower portion bearing against the bottom flanges, and a rear gate supported on said bottom and spacing the rear ends of said boards.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMQS 'B. GLIPPINGERJ Witnesses:

LETA E. Come, W. A. Bow. 

